Arias selected from operas performed in Rome, 1696-1697, with concert arias and cantatas

Title

Arias selected from operas performed in Rome, 1696-1697, with concert arias and cantatas

Shelfmark

MSS. Mus. Sch. e. 388-391

Summary

Two pairs of volumes, in which were bound copies of arias selected from operas performed in Rome, 1696-1697, with concert arias and cantatas, c 1696-1697.

Date

c 1696-1697

Language

Italian

Physical facet

Four volumes in two, 232, 238, 160 and 242 pages of music, respectively. 1. MS. Mus. Sch. e. 388 is quired generally in fours; watermark, Fleur de Lys; ruled generally with 10 5-lined staves to a page. MS. Mus. Sch. e. 389 is quired generally in fours; watermark, Fleur de Lys; ruled with 10 5-lined staves to a page. In white board covers. 2. MS. Mus. Sch. e. 390 is quired in fours; watermark, Fleur de Lys; ruled with 8 5-lined staves to a page. MS. Mus. Sch. e. 391 (1) is irregularly quired; watermark cut; ruled 10 5-lined staves to a page. MS. Mus. Sch. e. 391 (2) is quired in twelves; watermark, three crescents; ruled with 10 5-lined staves to a page. Speckled calf binding with inlay and blind fillets and corner ornament; gold ornament on spine.

Physical extent

4 physical shelfmarks

0.44 linear metres

Custodial history

This item is part of the Music School collection of printed and manuscript music, which was originally bequeathed to the University of Oxford by William Heather (c 1563-1627), and gradually added to until the end of the 18th century.

Acquisition

The collection was transferred to the Bodleian in 1885.

Subject

Songs with continuo

Operas -- Excerpts

18th century

Music

Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century

Cantatas, Secular